Nimrud

[nim-rood]

noun

1. modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.

Nimrud

/ nɪmˈruːd /

noun

1. an ancient city in Assyria, near the present-day city of Mosul (Iraq): founded in about 1250 _bc and destroyed by the Medes in 612 _bc ; excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard

Example Sentences

Using bombs and bulldozers, the group destroyed aboveground structures in Nimrud, once the capital of the ancient Assyrian Empire and one of the most important Mesopotamian heritage sites.

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In 2015, the Islamic State group razed the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, located 30 kilometers south of Mosul in modern-day Iraq.

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This discovery emerged from a larger race against destructive natural elements and potential looters to salvage and protect Nimrud’s demolished remains.

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A gold bowl looted from Nimrud, Iraq, and purchased without provenance papers, officials said, for $150,000 in July 2020, at a time when objects from Nimrud were being trafficked by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

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There are bags depicted in an Assyrian wall carving found in the palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud in the ninth century, featuring a winged figure toting what looks like a purse.

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